South Korea at the 2016 Summer Olympics

South Korea at the
2016 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sports.or.kr (in Korean and English)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors205 in 24 sports
Flag bearers Gu Bon-gil (opening)[1]
Kim Hyeon-woo (closing)[2]
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
9
Silver
3
Bronze
9
Total
21
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Olympics. The Korean Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest ever delegation to the Games in Olympic history since 1984. A total of 205 athletes, 103 men and 101 women, competed in 24 sports.

  1. ^ "Fencer named Korean flag bearer at Rio Olympics". The Korea Herald. 19 July 2016.
  2. ^ "S. Korean flag bearer Kim Hyeon-woo". Yonhap. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.